A family saga describing the changes that overtake a rural community in the American West. Marge Hogan grows up on a small farm in the western Dakotas. Bored with country life and exhausted by farm work, she encourages her son Kurt to escape the life she inherited, through college and service abroad in the Navy. A local turkey processing plant opens in the area and soon becomes the leading economic force in the area, buying most of the local produce and many of the farms. When Kurt returns home after years away, he finds the region depopulated and its few remaining inhabitants impoverished. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.